Approved Courses

Courses below have been designated by the Committee on General Education to meet the indicated requirement.  Special topic courses are approved on a term-by-term basis and approvals are listed in the Schedule of Classes.  Cross-listed courses are listed only once but are approved as meeting the associated perspective under either disciplinary rubric.  

Africhan Americans', Appalachians', and Women's Perspective

AFR 202/PSC 202/WGS 202 Women & Afr Amer-Pol(WGS/PSC)

1 Course Credit

AFR 222 Intro to African-Amer Studies

1 Course Credit

AFR 230/APS 230 African Amer-Appalachia(APS)

1 Course Credit

APS 121 Appalachian Cultures

1 Course Credit

APS 113 Appalachian Weaving

1 Course Credit

APS 140/ENG 140 Appalachian Literature (ENG)

1 Course Credit

APS 229 Contemporary Issues-Appalachia

1 Course Credit

CFS 207/WGS 207 Family Relations (WGS)

1 Course Credit

CFS 209/APS 209 Appalachian Foodways (APS)

1 Course Credit

CFS 366/WGS 366 Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam (WGS)

1 Course Credit

COM 310/WGS 310 Communication and Gender (WGS)

1 Course Credit

ENG 135/AFR 135/WGS 135 Afr-Amer Women Writer(AFR/WGS)

1 Course Credit

ENG 141/AFR 141 African-American Lit (AFR)

1 Course Credit

ENG 212/AFR 212/WGS 212 Lit-Caribbean Women(AFR/WGS)

1 Course Credit

ENG 237/WGS 237
Women And Literature (WGS)

1 Course Credit

HIS 102/WGS 102
West Civ II:Std in Gendr (WGS)

1 Course Credit

HIS 165/AFR 165 Intro to Afr Amer His(AFR)

1 Course Credit

HIS 253/APS 253 Appalachian America (APS)

1 Course Credit

HIS 356/AFR 356 Sem: African-Amer History(AFR)

1 Course Credit

HLT 210/APS 210 Health in Appalachia (APS)

1 Course Credit

HLT 236/WGS 236 Women and Health (WGS)

1 Course Credit

MUS 224/APS 224 Appalachian Music (APS)

1 Course Credit

MUS 234/AFR 234 Afri-Amer Mus:Overview (AFR)

1 Course Credit

PSJ 210 Diversity and Social Justice

1 Course Credit

REL 211/WGS 211 Women in Religion (WGS)

1 Course Credit

SENS 215/APS 215 Sustainable Appal Comm (APS)

1 Course Credit

SENS 225/AFR 225/APS 225/PSJ 225/WGS 225 Envr Justice(AFR/WGS/PSJ/APS)

1 Course Credit

SOC 132/AFR 132 Intro to Race in America (AFR)

1 Course Credit

SOC 330/APS 330 Comm Analysis:Appal Case(APS)

1 Course Credit

TAD 213/APS 213 Appalachian Crafts (APS)

1 Course Credit

WGS 124 Intro to Women's & Gender Stds

1 Course Credit

WGS 127 Riding the Waves of Feminism

1 Course Credit

WGS 220/APS 220 Gender in Appalachia (APS)

1 Course Credit

WGS 315 Classic Texts in Women's & Gen

1 Course Credit

Arts Perspective

ARH 210 Topics in Islamic Art & Archit

1 Course Credit

ARH 220/AST 220
Topics in Indian Art H (AST)

1 Course Credit

ARH 230 Topics in Latin American Art

1 Course Credit

ARH 232 Classical Art & Archaeology

1 Course Credit

ARH 233 Art&Arch Ancnt Nr East&Egypt

1 Course Credit

ARH 242 Medieval Art

1 Course Credit

ART 111 Printmaking I

1 Course Credit

ART 115 Drawing Fundamentals

1 Course Credit

ART 116 Painting I

1 Course Credit

ART 123 Ceramics I

1 Course Credit

ART 125 Fibers I

1 Course Credit

ART 130 Sculpture I

1 Course Credit

CFS 238 Human Environments II

1 Course Credit

COM 211 Broadcast Journalism I

1 Course Credit

CSC 111 Storytelling-Comp Animation

1 Course Credit

ENG 124 Intro to Creative Writing

1 Course Credit

ENG 141/AFR 141 African-American Lit (AFR)

1 Course Credit

ENG 200 Studies in Time

1 Course Credit

ENG 282 Workshop in Creative Writing

1 Course Credit

FRN 320 Panorama of French Lit I

1 Course Credit

FRN 321 Panorama of French Lit II

1 Course Credit

FRN 325 Seventeenth Century Frn Lit

1 Course Credit

FRN 330 Nineteenth Century French Lit

1 Course Credit

FRN 340 Twentieth Century French Lit

1 Course Credit

GER 320 German Poetry

1 Course Credit

GER 325 German Narrative Prose

1 Course Credit

GER 330 German Drama

1 Course Credit

GER 340 German Novel

1 Course Credit

HHP 245 Dance Education

1 Course Credit

HHP 248 World Dance

1 Course Credit

HHP 249 Dancing Through Space & Time

1 Course Credit

HHP 305 Improvisation & Choreography

1 Course Credit

LAT 210/HIS 210
Classical Roman Civ (HIS)

1 Course Credit

LAT 215 Classical Mythology

1 Course Credit

LAT 223 Virgil

1 Course Credit

LAT 321 Latin Historians

1 Course Credit

LAT 324 Classical Poetry

1 Course Credit

MUS 106 World Music

1 Course Credit

MUS 115 Intro to Music Literature

1 Course Credit

MUS 216 Perceptive Listening to Music

1 Course Credit

MUS 224/APS 224 Appalachian Music (APS)

1 Course Credit

MUS 234/AFR 234 Afri-Amer Mus:Overview (AFR)

1 Course Credit

REL 110 Religion and the Arts

1 Course Credit

SPN 315 Intro to Spanish Literature

1 Course Credit

SPN 320 Peninsular Literature I

1 Course Credit

SPN 321 Peninsular Literature II

1 Course Credit

SPN 330 Spanish American Literature I

1 Course Credit

SPN 331 Spanish American Literature II

1 Course Credit

SPN 340 The Novel

1 Course Credit

TAD 180 Graphic Com and Design

1 Course Credit

TAD 202 Photography

1 Course Credit

TAD 213/APS 213 Appalachian Crafts (APS)

1 Course Credit

THR 331 Film Production: Documentary

1 Course Credit

THR 332 Film Production: Feature Film

1 Course Credit

International Perspective (two options)

The International Perspective is met by taking EITHER
  1. Foreign Language Option —two courses in the same foreign language, one of which may be waived by a placement examination (at least one language course must be taken after entering Berea College unless transfer credit has been awarded for a foreign language through the second level) OR
  2. World Culture Option —two approved World Culture courses, at least one of which must be approved as Non-Western. Here is a list of courses that have been approved to meet the World Culture component of this perspective, first Non-Western, then Western:

International Perspective (Non-Western)


AFR 136/REL 136 African Trad Religion (REL)

1 Course Credit

AFR 212/ENG 212 Lit-Caribbean Women(ENG/WGS)

1 Course Credit

AFR 260/HIS 260 Survey of African His (HIS)

1 Course Credit

ARH 220/AST 220
Topics in Indian Art H (AST)

1 Course Credit

ARH 239 Native Nrth Amer Art&Archaelog

1 Course Credit

AST 132/REL 132 Religions of China (REL)

1 Course Credit

AST 135/REL 135 Religions of Japan (REL)

1 Course Credit

AST 322/HIS 322 Sem in Chinese History (HIS)

1 Course Credit

AST 323/HIS 323 Sem in Japanese History (HIS)

1 Course Credit

ENG 242 Intro to Non-Western Lit

1 Course Credit

HHP 248 World Dance

1 Course Credit

HIS 122/AST 122 History of China (AST)

1 Course Credit

HIS 123/AST 123 History of Japan (AST)

1 Course Credit

HIS 223 Hist of Pre-Modern Middle East

1 Course Credit

HIS 270 Recent History of Middle East

1 Course Credit

MUS 106 World Music

1 Course Credit

PSC 175/HIS 175 His & Pol of Arab-Isr (HIS)

1 Course Credit

PSC 352 Politics of Developing Nations

1 Course Credit

REL 100 Religion in Global Context

1 Course Credit

REL 240/HIS 240 Islam (HIS)

1 Course Credit

REL 260/AST 260 Buddhism (AST)

1 Course Credit

REL 308/AST 308 Themes in Asian Tradition(AST)

1 Course Credit

International Perspective (Western)


ARH 230 Topics in Latin American Art

1 Course Credit

CFS 225 Food, Culture and Society

1 Course Credit

CFS 366/WGS 366 Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam (WGS)

1 Course Credit

ECO 341 Economic Dev:Theory & Appl

1 Course Credit

ENG 103 ESL and American Culture

1 Course Credit

GER 140 German Civilization

1 Course Credit

HIS 131 Britain & the Emp, 1688 to Pre

1 Course Credit

HIS 224 20th Century World History

1 Course Credit

HIS 229/AST 229 Modern Imperialism (AST)

1 Course Credit

HIS 311 Seminar: Medieval History

1 Course Credit

LAT 117 Classical Etymology

1 Course Credit

PHI 207/PSC 207 Human Rights, Intl Law (PSC)

1 Course Credit

SOC 341 Soc of Dev & Social Change

1 Course Credit

SPN 140/HIS 140 History of Spain (HIS)

1 Course Credit

Religion Perspective

ARH 210 Topics in Islamic Art & Archit

1 Course Credit

ARH 242 Medieval Art

1 Course Credit

HIS 202/REL 202 Christians & Pagans (REL)

1 Course Credit

HIS 215/REL 215
Christianity to 1600 (REL)

1 Course Credit

HIS 223 Hist of Pre-Modern Middle East

1 Course Credit

HIS 240/REL 240 Islam (REL)

1 Course Credit

HIS 311 Seminar: Medieval History

1 Course Credit

HIS 314 Renaissance and Reformation

1 Course Credit

HIS 355 Sem in American Rel Hist (REL)

1 Course Credit

LAT 215 Classical Mythology

1 Course Credit

PSJ 205 Movements & Commnty Organizing

1 Course Credit

REL 100 Religion in Global Context

1 Course Credit

REL 109 Intro to Christian Thought

1 Course Credit

REL 110 Religion and the Arts

1 Course Credit

REL 126 Poverty and Justice

1 Course Credit

REL 132/AST 132 Religions of China (AST)

1 Course Credit

REL 135/AST 135 Religions of Japan (AST)

1 Course Credit

REL 136/AFR 136 African Trad Religion (AFR)

1 Course Credit

REL 211/WGS 211 Women in Religion (WGS)

1 Course Credit

REL 212 Rel, Rhetoric, & Rationality

1 Course Credit

REL 215 Christianity to 1600 (HIS)

1 Course Credit

REL 225 Images of Jesus

1 Course Credit

REL 228 The Bible, His., & Archeology

1 Course Credit

REL 235 Christian Social Ethics

1 Course Credit

REL 250 Judaism

1 Course Credit

REL 260/AST 260 Buddhism (AST)

1 Course Credit

REL 309 Themes in Abrahamic Traditions

1 Course Credit

REL 312 Religious Thought & Ethics

1 Course Credit

REL 308/AST 308 Themes in Asian Tradition(AST)

1 Course Credit

REL 320 Advanced Biblical Studies

1 Course Credit

REL 355 Sem in American Rel Hist (HIS)

1 Course Credit

Social Science Perspective

ARH 234 Intro to Archaeological Method

1 Course Credit

ARH 238 History & Analysis of Craft

1 Course Credit

BUS 257 Consumer Behavior

1 Course Credit

CFS 207/WGS 207 Family Relations (WGS)

1 Course Credit

COM 220 Theories of Communication

1 Course Credit

ECO 101 Principles of Macroeconomics

1 Course Credit

ECO 102 Principles of Microeconomics

1 Course Credit

ECO 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics

1 Course Credit

ECO 302 Intermediate Microeconomics

1 Course Credit

ECO 360/PSC 360 Int'l Political Economy (PSC)

1 Course Credit

ECO 370 Environ Issue in Public Policy

1 Course Credit

GST 235 Intro to Behavioral Sciences

1 Course Credit

HIS 200 Intro to Historical Study

1 Course Credit

PSC 100 Intro to Study of Politics

1 Course Credit

PSC 110 American Government

1 Course Credit

PSJ 305 Conflict Transformation

1 Course Credit

PSY 100
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General Psychology

1 Course Credit

SOC 100 Sociology of Everyday Life

1 Course Credit

SOC 110 Prob of American Institutions

1 Course Credit

SOC 220 Cultural Anthropology

1 Course Credit

Western History Perspective

HIS 314 Renaissance and Reformation

1 Course Credit

AFR 356/HIS 356 Sem-African-Amer History (HIS)

1 Course Credit

ARH 232 Classical Art & Archaeology

1 Course Credit

ARH 242 Medieval Art

1 Course Credit

ARH 255 20th & 21st Century Art

1 Course Credit

FRN 140 Frn Civilization Past/Present

1 Course Credit

GER 140 German Civilization

1 Course Credit

HIS 101 Western Civilization I

1 Course Credit

HIS 102 West Civ II:Std in Gendr (WGS)

1 Course Credit

HIS 130 Albion & Eire: British Isles

1 Course Credit

HIS 131 Britain & the Emp, 1688 to Pre

1 Course Credit

HIS 161 American History to 1865

1 Course Credit

HIS 162 American History Since 1865

1 Course Credit

HIS 165/AFR 165 Intro to Afr Amer His(AFR)

1 Course Credit

HIS 209 Classical Greek Civilization

1 Course Credit

HIS 215 Christianity to 1600 (REL)

1 Course Credit

HIS 310 Seminar in U. S. History

1 Course Credit

HIS 316 20th Cent Europe:Div & Recon

1 Course Credit

HIS 335 Topic Sem-Modern European His

1 Course Credit

HIS 355 Sem in American Rel Hist (REL)

1 Course Credit

LAT 210 Classical Roman Civ (HIS)

1 Course Credit

PHI 204/PSC 204 Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PSC)

1 Course Credit

PHI 209/PSC 209 Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PSC)

1 Course Credit

PHI 305 Classical Philosophy

1 Course Credit

PSY 420 His & Systems of Psychology

1 Course Credit

REL 202/HIS 202 Christians & Pagans (HIS)

1 Course Credit

SPN 140/HIS 140 History of Spain (HIS)

1 Course Credit

TAD 118 History of Technology

1 Course Credit